LSU will not face the man who has been Florida’s starting quarterback the last several weeks. The Gators announced that Will Grier has been suspended for the season by the NCAA for taking a banned over-the-counter supplement. Florida will appeal the suspension, but a reversal of this suspension is not expected before Saturday. That means sophomore Treon Harris will start on Saturday night in Tiger Stadium against LSU.

The SEC announced today that LSU’s Ethan Pocic is the league’s offensive lineman of the week. He had 17 knockdown blocks in the Tigers win over South Carolina. And LSU running back Derius Guice was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after rushing for 161 yards. Coach Les Miles on Guice…
cut 18 (13) “…efficient”
Kick-off this Saturday at Florida is at 6 PM.

It’s been reported that Saints wide receiver Marques Colston separated his shoulder in the loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and the shoulder may have also suffered structural damage. Colston was seen after the game with his arm in a sling. The 32-year-old has 18 receptions this year for 200 yards.

There’s also been reports that a couple of other NFL teams will try to lure Saints head coach Sean Payton out of New Orleans after the season. Payton told reporters that he sees himself in the Big Easy

In college football…UL Lafayette opened up Sun Belt play with a 49-27 win over Texas State on Saturday night. But we learned the next day that the NCAA is looking into alleged recruiting violations that took place at the school in 2011. UL Lafayette admits some wrong doing and has vacated all of its victories from that year, including the win over San Diego State in the New Orleans Bowl.

In major league baseball…the Houston Astros blew a four-run lead in the eighth inning and lost to Kansas City today 9-6 to force a deciding Game Five on Wednesday night.